WICKED CITY (1987)
A seminal anime feature, notable for its one-of-a-kind mix of sex and mutation, compelling NIGHT WATCH-like narrative and myriad of impossible-to-forget images
MONSTERS
An almost-good movie with a richly imagined metaphor about giant monsters loose in Mexico
THE BOX (2009)
This film is stupid as shit and a deserved bomb, but it’s not entirely without interest
THE BORROWER
With this horror-sci fi gorefest, HENRY: PORTRAIT OF A SERIAL KILLER director John McNaughton proved he was not a one-trick pony, delivering a gross, funny and imaginative B-movie that plays like a darker, grittier variation on the eighties flick THE HIDDEN
BAD TASTE
Peter Jackson’s premiere film was this rude, crude and hilariously gross no-budget splatfest. It’s puerile, exploitive, stupid as shit, and (in my eyes at least) irresistible.
THE SUBSTITUTE (2008)
A fun movie about an alien teacher, courtesy of NIGHTWATCH’S Ole Bornedal. There’s nothing too profound here, but the film is skilled and enjoyable
SPLIT SECOND
An above average Rutger Hauer vehicle from 1992 that mixes future shock—make that schlock—and splatter
ALIEN 2: ON EARTH
This is the unauthorized Italian-made sequel to ALIEN that was withheld from American release for decades
ALIEN BLOOD
Terrifically entertaining, superbly filmed shot on video horror/sci fi madness that was released, believe it or not, by Troma
PUSS BUCKET
An interesting relic from the glory days of Film Threat Video, who back in the early 1990s put out some truly vital underground films